linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make common x86 arch area for i386 and x86_64

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0703140950090.9690@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:52:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Andi Kleen <ak@....de>,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <glommer@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make common x86 arch area for i386 and x86_64 -
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >
> >Seems appropriate, but I really don't care what it's called.  One thing about
> >this name, is that typing arch/x86<Tab> doesn't tab complete x86_64 anymore.
> >But if you can think of something better, I'd be happy to apply it.
> 
> 80x86
> 8086
> ia32   <- I'd go with this for lack of more entries on this list.

But the whole point is that this is *not* a 32-bit file.

It's a file *shared* between 32-bit and 64-bit kernels.

Which is why plain "x86" is the right name. Yeah, Intel calls it "IA" 
these days, but that's just crazy speak (and probably a combination of a 
reaction against "amd64" and a way to hide the embarrassment that is 
"ia64" by confusing the naming so much that one day people won't remember 
that there was _another_ IA that was a total failure).

		Linus

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